[September 29, 2011]

NIIT Technologies Appoints Thomas Westhoff as Director for Insurance Technologies in North America and Bermuda

NIIT Insurance Technologies Limited (NITL), a leading global IT solutions organization, today announced the appointment of Thomas Westhoff as Director, Insurance Technology (US and Bermuda), based in its Atlanta office. In his new position, Thomas is focused on driving expansion of NITL's commercial insurance and reinsurance software solutions business in North America and Bermuda.

Thomas brings considerable industry experience from working in senior roles with companies such as Insuresoft, Progressive Insurance and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and most recently MicroStrategy (News - Alert), where he was a senior strategic business development executive, specializing in the insurance sector. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, with a BS in Finance.

Commenting on the appointment, Marcus Broome, President for NITL, said "We have a strong presence in the international commercial insurance markets and are looking to further build our customer base in North America and Bermuda. The appointment of Thomas underlines our commitment to increasing the recognition of NITL's abilities in delivering and supporting commercial insurance software solutions on a global basis."

"I am keen to bring the business benefits of NITL's innovative products and services to specialty insurance and reinsurance companies throughout my assigned regions," Thomas Westhoff added.

About NIIT Technologies (News - Alert)

NIIT Technologies is a leading IT solutions organization, servicing customers in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. It offers services in Application Development and Maintenance, Managed Services, IP Asset or Platform Solutions, and Business Process Outsourcing to organizations in the Financial Services, Travel & Transportation, Manufacturing/Distribution, Healthcare and Government sectors. The Company adheres to major global benchmarks and standards, having secured the ISO 9001:2000 certifications and the ISO: 27001 Information Security Management accreditation. NIIT Technologies also follows global standards of development. It has been assessed at Level 5 of SEI CMMi version 1.2. NIIT Technologies Business Process Outsourcing conforms to the highest quality standards such as COPC (News - Alert) and Six Sigma. Its data centre operations are assessed at the international ISO 20000 IT management standards.

For further information, please visit www.niit-tech.com

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